More than 100 college students to compete for profession alternatives and prizes with expertise companions through the in-person occasion on Oct. 6–9.
NEW YORK, Oct. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — BLACK ENTERPRISE‘s seventh Annual BE Smart Hackathon, hosted by American Airlines, will maintain its first in-person tech competitors since 2019. This yr’s hack, with the theme “Homecoming 2022: All Code, No Switch!” brings groups of over 100 college students from 19 traditionally Black schools and universities (HBCUs) to compete for prizes from American Airlines and different main expertise companions supporting the occasion.
The BE Smart Hackathon gives HBCU college students with priceless alternatives to community, construct relationships, acquire mentorship, have interaction in profession preparation, and add significant experiences to their résumés to pursue employment in a tech business in search of to recruit extra various expertise. Students may also profit from digital workshops on the most recent applied sciences, together with synthetic intelligence, knowledge analytics, and pure language processing, from Microsoft, IBM, HP, and lots of others tech firms.
“For decades, technology companies have lamented their ineffectiveness at finding and recruiting African American talent,” says BLACK ENTERPRISE President and CEO Earl “Butch” Graves Jr. “HBCUs have been the source of top-notch talent in practically every industry. Our annual BE Smart Hackathon, in partnership with American Airlines, not only identifies and showcases promising Black talent but provides platforms for those companies to recruit them for internships and jobs.”
In addition to the competitors, BLACK ENTERPRISE and American Airlines will host a particular city corridor session—(*19*)—specializing in how HBCUs can construct company partnerships, overcome limitations, and establish new alternatives to develop and advance college students and graduates who can take part within the evolving IT area throughout tech, aviation/transportation, hospitality, finance, and different sectors.
Each yr, BE Smart Hackathon contributors are recruited for internships and full-time job alternatives at American Airlines and its expertise companions. American Airlines will join its technical workers to mentor every group through the 24-hour hackathon. The mentor will assist take away any roadblocks and advise the group on making ready and giving their presentation to the judges.
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